Green light for Happy Paws shelter

IT HASN'T been an easy road for Sally Rodgers, but last night she received the news she was hoping for.

After complaints from neighbours about running the shelter in Breimba Street, Grafton, Ms Rodgers applied to Clarence Valley Council for permission to move her shelter to the rural area of Eatonsville.

Last week, The Daily Examiner ran a story on a heated meeting outside the proposed shelter when councillors and neighbours turned up for a public examination of the site.

In her application to council, Ms Rodgers applied to house 20 dogs and an unknown number of cats.

Clarence Valley Council papers have disclosed that 12 submissions and two petitions opposing the shelter were received by council.